BMCC OpenLab | Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 | Activity https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/groups/open-pedagogy-assignments-winter-2022/ Activity feed for the group, Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022. Sun, 10 May 2026 21:32:03 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f5bbc84ca5d6eb13ea9f689f28365b3b Raquel Neris joined the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/99170/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 21:26:17 -0400 0 ba7ce23750fe282b13dfd48ff064b915 Syelle Graves joined the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/86670/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 16:55:51 -0500 0 74a619369403c70385177325a31f1430 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies Reading and Reflection in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=1247 Fri, 07 Jan 2022 15:23:40 -0500 Read

For this activity, read “What Is Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy and Why Does it Matter?” from Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World by Django Paris and […]

]]> 3 ffe9e6728d9d8fc8467843fd87422e5f Satenik Margaryan joined the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/86108/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:54:32 -0500 0 a03261f76b2683d48cdaefa3bbe08925 Joanna Thompson joined the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/86019/ Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:57:05 -0500 0 cd7e891968348037cec4d7576d438e77 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Hillary Clinton and Beyond in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=471 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 02:55:44 -0500 This is the course site for Professor Wendy Hayden’s fall 2016 rhetoric class at Hunter College, CUNY. Wendy and her class experimented with a crowdsourced syllabus where students chose the readings (except f […]

]]> 0 33a433cc71c2d6ca6a76ad47a677317e jean amaral wrote a new blog post Teach with Wikipedia in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=446 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 02:49:25 -0500 Wiki Education offers free services to help you include Wikipedia assignments in your classes, including instructional design consultation, tutorials, and examples of Wikipedia assignments.

]]> 0 3579b086d39efe52ef2c39e524ff0f25 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Draft an Open Pedagogy Assignment in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=439 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:16:19 -0500 To be completed by Monday, January 17

In the comments below, post a 2 – 3 paragraph description of the first draft of your open pedagogy assignment. If you want to share additional details, you can link to a […]

]]> 0 915997a1d1b9a9b2b906314f1bccba88 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Open Pedagogy Notebook Examples in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=249 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:47:55 -0500 Examples of open pedagogy contributed to the Open Pedagogy Notebook. You can contribute your own example using the form on the site.

]]> 0 360d190d6c3e4c15ed4d03f41617ac93 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Open Pedagogy Notebook in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=247 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:44:50 -0500 An annotated discussion of open pedagogy, written by Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani. Log in to your hypothes.is account to join the coversation.

]]> 0 79ae7778bd16464e0ccc73cf67ed30b8 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Alternative assignments in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=244 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:37:08 -0500 BMCC professor Hollis Glaser blew open her course by radically changing the way students were graded and wrote about it in her blog Teach More, Grade Less. In The Sixth Assignment, she talks about her experience […]

]]> 0 75b1670a80446be1a0ebbbecec040703 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Teach More, Grade Less in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=475 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:24:54 -0500 BMCC professor Hollis Glaser blew open her course by radically changing the way students were graded and wrote about it in her blog Teach More, Grade Less. The posts The Liberating Grading System, Less Grading […]

]]> 0 27ea788e37f6af4d176e616e37786774 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Alternative approaches to grading in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=474 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:03:41 -0500 If you google “ungrading,” you’ll find a wealth of information about alternative approaches to grading at institutions that require a final grade for the course. Some of these resources are linked to […]

]]> 0 c5cc829bdb09cf56d12fb453c2ce696f jean amaral wrote a new blog post Brianne's Wikipedia assignment in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=323 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:01:22 -0500 A detailed description of the Wikipedia assignment undertaken by students in Brianne Waychoff’s Gender and Women’s Studies class. Scroll down to view a reflection video created by one of the students.

]]> 0 977558edef705864442a216ae78a6531 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Brianne's grading and assignments in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=473 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:23:38 -0500 Students in BMCC professor Brianne Waychoff’s class receive a grade based on the number of assignments they successfully complete in each of four categories. You can view the details below or download the […]

]]> 0 24ab831f72d19750719a14bf65904fec jean amaral wrote a new blog post How might you use open pedagogy in your course? in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=431 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:51:15 -0500 Browse some examples of open pedagogy on the Open Pedagogy Notebook and posted by colleagues in the summer 2020 and summer 2021 seminars.
In the comments below, write a paragraph about an open pedagogy […]

]]> 2 0bd3196bb7be55056437f8c659aa6cb5 jean amaral wrote a new blog post What is open pedagogy? in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=430 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:21:00 -0500 To be completed by Thursday, January 6.
Watch the video below, in which Robin DeRosa and Rajiv Jhangiani introduce the idea of open pedagogy. The video is about one hour in length. The first three minutes are […]

]]> 2 0f5df0f9d091fe4099140e4b698676c2 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Grades Can Hinder Learning. What Should Professors Use Instead? in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=482 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:56:10 -0500 H/T Deborah Gambs for pointing out this new article in the Chronicle.

“Let’s take a moment and ask. Why grade? To give students feedback, a professor might say. To measure learning. To motivate. Here’s the […]

]]> 0 380bf823fba53be971a1109fbad6d16e jean amaral wrote a new blog post Zine Resources in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=647 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:54:24 -0500 If you’re interested in learning more about zines for use in your courses, below are a few resources: 

What are Zines??

Intro to Zines on zinelibraries.info
“So, what is a zine?? There’s no official defi […]

]]> 0 f05068d40f250cfde1e579b489e50688 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Universal Design for Learning in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=599 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:17:55 -0500 View

Explore

Explore the information and resources available at UDL in Higher Education.

Write

Share your thoughts in the comments below in response to these spark prompts:

How might you incorporate the […]

]]> 1 335d8d536ec4e224765ab8e7699cb46c jean amaral wrote a new blog post Backward Design in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=1260 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:12:17 -0500 Watch

Read for Review

If you need a refresher on backward design, read Chapter 1: Surfacing Backward Design from Small Teaching Online.

The link above goes to the e-book chapter in one of our Library […]

]]> 0 335d8d536ec4e224765ab8e7699cb46c jean amaral wrote a new blog post Backward Design in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=592 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:12:17 -0500 Watch

Read for Review

If you need a refresher on backward design, read Chapter 1: Surfacing Backward Design from Small Teaching Online.

The link above goes to the e-book chapter in one of our Library […]

]]> 0 806ee9cb2acd7413fde38c34cac8a3f4 jean amaral wrote a new blog post ZINES! in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=351 Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:33:31 -0500 In the Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies courses I teach, I have replaced the final essay with a final zine. This assignment asks learners to analyze a media text using course concepts. Throughout the […]

]]> 0 5eac6c73de95d3a8f3d21654e89b2548 jean amaral wrote a new blog post A Lesson Plan for Democratic Co-Creation: Forging a Syllabus by Students, for Students in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=492 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:29:10 -0500 A CUNY instructor’s experience working collaboratively with students to determine course goals and grading criteria.

]]> 0 c3374acec41192472ee460d54ab82458 Gina Cherry joined the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/84672/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:52:25 -0500 0 7fa0dcf83aa83f77aaa35dcfb07d2939 jean amaral created the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/activity/p/84671/ Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:47:15 -0500 0 9104eef34ab4052a33809cc6822c1cb1 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Embedding a Dropbox Video in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=1171 Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:34:19 -0400 Greetings, faculty! I hope your course sites are coming along nicely.

During the seminar, someone requested instructions for how to embed a Dropbox video in an OpenLab WordPress page or post:

To get the […]

]]> 0 5fc0afe3a326bc1cc7bb5595c0508228 jean amaral wrote a new blog post How to Get Students into your Course (Basics) in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=1128 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 20:00:31 -0400 As requested! To get started with how to get students into your course, visit the help doc below. Focus on Sections 3, 4, and […]

]]> 0 0bc87352cc94889a061c384232a4ed6d jean amaral wrote a new blog post Help Hours for your WordPress Site! in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=1124 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:52:58 -0400 Hi all,

We look forward to seeing you for our final session on Thursday.
As promised, here are times I will be available to help you with your OL WordPress sites, for June and July:

This current week, I […]

]]> 0 2638c3c518960997622fa351c4ac0e79 jean amaral wrote a new blog post How to Add Weekly Folders on the Side of a Site in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=1115 Sun, 20 Jun 2021 15:11:35 -0400 As promised, here are instructions (originally from Tom) for the highly-requested sidebar menu widget to create weekly “folders,” like Celeste’s Eng 201 site:

Dashboard > appearance > menus > edit menu > […]

]]> 0 2c2e323927aa5860f2aaea0b4e35e169 jean amaral wrote a new blog post BMCC OER Website in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=437 Wed, 05 May 2021 14:45:16 -0400 0 fe89246fee24a13b6a1dd18d0a05d2c1 jean amaral wrote a new blog post How to create a calendar in an OpenLab course site (with the Events Plugin) in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=817 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 17:19:46 -0400 1) dashboard > plugins > events manager > activate.

2) dashboard > events > settings > pages > event list/archives > [Display calendar in events page? choose yes] > save changes.

3) dashboard > pages > […]

]]> 0 9e8e2544b4c40f1c55fd5ac255fac6c7 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Asset-Based Pedagogies in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=605 Sun, 07 Jun 2020 13:24:20 -0400 To be completed before Tuesday, January 8, Zoom session.
Open pedagogy is an asset-based pedagogy, as are culturally sustaining pedagogy and trauma-informed pedagogy. Asset-based practices focus on strengths of […]

]]> 0 d21e8fb0ee8d36f3ec9cbbd4aedd3e78 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Embedding Content in WordPress in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=450 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 22:32:11 -0400 Many types of media content can be embedded in WordPress pages and posts. This “embedding Content from Other Sites” help page from the CUNY Academic Commons team provides instructions for embedding a wide range […]

]]> 0 f5198266edd4490ab6b624e9773d74ca jean amaral wrote a new blog post Google Docs in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=477 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:06:13 -0400 Google Docs is an easy way to edit, co-edit, and share documents with students or others you are working with. Here is some basic information about Google Docs.

Once you create a document, you can either link […]

]]> 0 e0cd8faf7b3becfad63ac7401ffe26af jean amaral wrote a new blog post Google Forms in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=476 Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:37:42 -0400 Google Forms is an easy way to collect information from students or others you are working with. Here is some basic information about Google Forms. Once you create a survey/form, you can either link to it from […]

]]> 0 6f7b18d5ac7f91840f6e83778890eb4c jean amaral wrote a new blog post Teaching Website Examples in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=363 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 20:04:51 -0400 This blog post will serve as a series of examples to help inspire, format and display the myriads of potentials that wordpress based websites offer for teaching, learning, presenting, publishing, archiving & […]

]]> 0 baf5e673e30e1571d801a9c2f7669728 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Life Out Loud in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=333 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:27:42 -0400 Life Out Loud is a John-Jay hosted literary nonfiction podcast series that features real students’ stories.

]]> 0 cbf205cb6b16e1c70b41ecad6a2046c0 jean amaral wrote a new blog post Podcast Creation in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=331 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 22:24:35 -0400 Syreeta McFadden’s students used Anchor to create podcasts. The BMCC library now has a podcast booth that students can use as a quiet space for creating podcasts.

]]> 0 9bbcd9a1a26084e12cab761367ee0abe jean amaral wrote a new blog post Student Guide to hypothes.is in the group Open Pedagogy Assignments | Winter 2022 https://openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu/open-ped-assignments-winter-2022/?p=445 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:49:58 -0400 Technical tutorials, annotation tips, and annotation inspiration to help students get started with and make the most of hypothes.is.

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